A constant-current diode is an electronic device that limits current to a maximal specified value for the device. It is known as a current-limiting diode...

in this case the devices are called current regulator diodes or constant current diodes or current limiting diodes (CLD). Alternatively, an enhancement-mode...

breakdown voltage is nearly constant with changing current[clarification needed] when compared to a non-avalanche diode. The Zener diode exhibits an apparently...

electronics, a step recovery diode (SRD, snap-off diode or charge-storage diode or memory varactor) is a semiconductor junction diode with the ability to generate...

A constant current (steady current, time-independent current, stationary current) is a type of direct current (DC) that does not change its intensity...

rectify alternating current like other diodes, which is why some sources do not use the term diode but prefer TED. In the Gunn diode, three regions exist:...

A varicap diode, varactor diode, variable capacitance diode, variable reactance diode or tuning diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the voltage-dependent...

The DIAC (diode for alternating current) is a diode that conducts electrical current only after its breakover voltage, VBO, has been reached momentarily...

A Zener diode is a type of diode designed to exploit the Zener effect to affect electric current to flow against the normal direction from anode to cathode...

A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance). It has low (ideally...

A light-emitting diode (LED) is a semiconductor device that emits light when current flows through it. Electrons in the semiconductor recombine with electron...

other avalanche diode, but is made and tested to handle very large peak currents. A bidirectional transient-voltage-suppression diode can be represented...

exponential current–voltage (I–V) relationship of semiconductor diodes in moderate constant current forward bias or reverse bias: I D = I S ( e V D n V T − 1...

A PIN diode is a diode with a wide, undoped intrinsic semiconductor region between a p-type semiconductor and an n-type semiconductor region. The p-type...

A tunnel diode or Esaki diode is a type of semiconductor diode that has effectively "negative resistance" due to the quantum mechanical effect called...

Schottky diode (named after the German physicist Walter H. Schottky), also known as Schottky barrier diode or hot-carrier diode, is a semiconductor diode formed...

simple voltage/current regulator can be made from a resistor in series with a diode (or series of diodes). Due to the logarithmic shape of diode V-I curves...

Emitting Diode) Photodiode Tunnel diode Varicap Shockley diode SCR (Silicon Controlled Rectifier) Diac (may be a varistor in older schematics) Constant-current...

organic light-emitting diode (OLED), also known as organic electroluminescent (organic EL) diode, is a type of light-emitting diode (LED) in which the emissive...

light-emitting diode in which a diode pumped directly with electrical current can create lasing conditions at the diode's junction.: 3  Driven by voltage...

voltage is driven approximately one diode voltage above the voltage at the point where the P diffusion (emitter) is, current will begin to flow from the emitter...

A photodiode is a semiconductor diode sensitive to photon radiation, such as visible light, infrared or ultraviolet radiation, X-rays and gamma rays....

This diode is known by many other names, such as snubber diode, commutating diode, freewheeling diode, suppressor diode, clamp diode, or catch diode. Fig...

current. This is also called g fs {\displaystyle g_{\text{fs}}} or y fs {\displaystyle y_{\text{fs}}} (for transadmittance). Constant-current diode Fetron...

A p–n diode is a type of semiconductor diode based upon the p–n junction. The diode conducts current in only one direction, and it is made by joining a...

DIAC (diode for alternating current), Trigger Diode, SIDAC) – often used to trigger an SCR Constant-current diode Step recovery diode Tunnel diode - very...

a plastic triangle—a configuration which is essentially a point-contact diode. He then carefully sliced through the gold at the tip of the triangle. This...

Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) produce light (or infrared radiation) by the recombination of electrons and electron holes in a semiconductor, a process called...

the current through either of inductors L1 or L2 is allowed to fall to zero during an operating cycle. The voltage drop and switching time of diode D1...

diode, a vacuum tube whose purpose is to conduct current in one direction and block current flowing in the opposite direction. The thermionic diode was...